[nearly getting barreled into is a nice topping to this crazy snow hell cake. kratos nimbly dodges the object while almost too calmly watching it zoom by. that calmness instantly shifts into a look of surprise, then shock and finally disbelief. that was... lloyd.
with wings.
no. no way. he can't be... had his exsphere... when? and how long... kratos forgets to breathe as his mind tries to futilely persuade him that had been an illusion. the elf thrown at his direction and narrowly missing his head says otherwise.
this is real. lloyd really has wings. lloyd really is an...
without allowing another second to pass, his own luminescent wings appear and he darts as fast as possible in lloyd's direction. he lands beside the boy and wordlessly stares for a moment, mind not fully processing what it's seeing. what he lacks for in words is made up by his expression. so much emotion plays on the normally stoic man's face: surprise, sadness, horror, disbelief etc.
he swallows hard before forcing thoughts on the subject to the back. now is not the time, not when danger remains all around them. instead of dwelling on the worst, he crouches down beside lloyd and begins casting first aid on that leg. while his healing abilities aren't on par with raine they ought to suffice in mending the worst of it.]
LET'S DO THIS.
with wings.
no. no way. he can't be... had his exsphere... when? and how long... kratos forgets to breathe as his mind tries to futilely persuade him that had been an illusion. the elf thrown at his direction and narrowly missing his head says otherwise.
this is real. lloyd really has wings. lloyd really is an...
without allowing another second to pass, his own luminescent wings appear and he darts as fast as possible in lloyd's direction. he lands beside the boy and wordlessly stares for a moment, mind not fully processing what it's seeing. what he lacks for in words is made up by his expression. so much emotion plays on the normally stoic man's face: surprise, sadness, horror, disbelief etc.
he swallows hard before forcing thoughts on the subject to the back. now is not the time, not when danger remains all around them. instead of dwelling on the worst, he crouches down beside lloyd and begins casting first aid on that leg. while his healing abilities aren't on par with raine they ought to suffice in mending the worst of it.]